Posts Tagged ‘Dutch culture’

Apparently I am not the only one flummoxed by the stick-up-your-hand-to-hail-the-bus rule in Drenthe. The bus company, Qbuzz, has embarked on an ad campaign to educate people: The ad says: “Do you want to take the bus? Stick your hand up.” Of course, you have to be IN the bus to SEE the advertisement…. Advertisements

Earlier in the week I went to the campus of Twente University. When I departed, I needed to take the bus from campus to the train station and I waited huddled under a bus stop with half a dozen other people. It was dark and raining and I was relieved when I spotted the bus […]